Baker College of Auburn Hills is one of the newest and fastest growing campuses in the Baker College System. Baker College is committed to students success both as a student and as a graduate. Baker College exists and thrives today because our students and graduates have realized their career dreams through our Quality Career Training. The mission of Baker College is to provide quality higher education and training which enable graduates to be successful throughout challenging and rewarding careers. Baker College offers highly effective academic programs which are accessible, market-driven, career-focused, and which lead to employment and career advancement for its students. Baker College, a leader among institutions of higher education in assuring career readiness and employment of its graduates, offers academic programs that emphasize employability and career advancement. To that end, the College will design and deliver timely academic programs that lead to careers for which employment opportunities exist; and include learning and work experiences within each program which reinforce collaboratively-developed student learning outcomes and which are tied to standards set, established, or validated by accrediting/approval bodies, advisory boards, employers, and/or industry.

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Baker College of Auburn Hills serves 3,454 students (48% of students are full-time).

Minority enrollment is 20% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 23%.

Baker College of Auburn Hills is one of 4 community colleges within Oakland County, MI.

From nuclear medicine to physical therapy, consider 10 in-demand jobs for community college graduates. With salaries ranging from $50,000 to even $100,000, opportunities are ripe for those with the right training from community colleges.

President Obama recently introduced a plan to deliver free Community College tuition to all Americans across the country. Is it the right call?
In this story, we will not attempt to make a judgment call on whether free Community College is right or wrong for the United States. Instead, we paneled a few experts in education and economics to get their take on the issue. We’re showing both sides of the coin, and letting readers decide on their own.

For Michigan public community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $6,200 per year for in-state students and $7,502 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $9,641 per year. Read more about average community college tuition costs across the country.